Improvement in cuffs



E. E. MACK.

Cuffs;

Patented Dec.. 30, 18.73..`

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEr ED. ELISHA MACK, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPRovMENT IN cUFFs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,957, dated December30, 1873; application led August l, 1873.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, En. ELIsHA MACK, of the city and county of Albany,State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCuffs or Wristbands; and I do hereby declare that the following is adescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specication, in which- Figure l represents aWristband or cuff opened out flat, and exhibiting the several partsconstituting` the improvements in this invention. Fig. 2 represents thecuff adjusted for its iirst Wear. Fig. 3 represents the same for thesecond wear. Fig. 4 represents the same for the third wear. Fig. 5represents the same for the fourth wear. 4

My invention relates to a reversible cuff or Wristband, and isl animprovement on the Evans patent of July 31,1866; and consists of certainimprovements whereby the same cuff can be used four times before beingcast away, and present at least three styles of exposed ends when in usein the several chan ges this cuff can be made to undergo.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it in reference to the drawings, and the letters ofreference marked thereon, the same letters indicating like parts.

Inthe drawings, A A represent the body of the cuff or Wristband, whichmay be made of either plain or linen-faced paper, or linen. The saidbody is made to consist of the Acentral piece A and the supplementarynap-pieces a and a', made With and connected With the central piece A atthe folding lines :r and which lines are made on a slight curve, as inthe case of collars, and shown ,in Fig. l. The central portion A has itsends provided with three buttonholes, z z z, each, the central one, z',standing out of line with ranging holes z z, by which, when only two ofthe ranging holes and the central holes are connected, the cui' will bemade to have a tapering form when secured in position, as in Figs. 2, 3,4, and 5. One of the supplementary iiaps a is made with one style ofcorners, as c c, and the other flap a with a different style of corner,as e e, or the corners can be variously changed in their styles to suitthe prevailing fashions.

In the Evans invention, he, by making his cuff reversible, enabled thewearer to use the v cuff twice, and cause it to present a new and cleanappearance at each change, as he made them in the reversings of theorder of their reversed, and ilap a is exposed outward, as in` Fig. 3.In the third'use one of the flaps, say iiap a', is folded inward,leaving iiap a out and back, as in Fig. 4. In the fourth use theremaining flap a is also folded in, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig.5.

In the first and second uses of the cuff, the edges of the exposed endswill present a plain appearance, and in the third and fourth uses theywill present a folded edge. At the folding lines x', I would emboss thecuit' with imitation of stitching, as shown in the several figures,which will give a nish to the cuff in Whatever way worn.

By these improvements the wearer is enabled, for the outlay of the priceheretofore paid for cuffs, to use this culi twice as long as thereversible cuff heretofore used, and have a greater variety of styles,with advantages .which are apparent.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

l. A detachable cuff or Wristband in Which the iiap a is combined withthe central portion A, so as to permit the cuff to be worn in threedifferent positions, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A detachable cuff Ior Wristband in which the flaps a and a' arecombined with the central portion A, so as to permit the cuff to be Wornin four different positions, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

ELISHA MACK.

